TWEWY: A Fall Into Honor:

This story is about how Joshua became the Composer. The story is from Joshua's point of view. This is a prequel of the game The World Ends With You. TWEWY is made by Square Enix. This is a FAN FICTION and not the real prequel. Enjoy.

Week 1, Day 3:

Chapter 10: Case Of Ayumu:

In a jaded sigh, Diana tapped one her fingers across the files she was given. She was in her quarters with her Conductor; Kazumasa, he was tall and had a strong build. He had long sleeked brunet hair that went down to his shoulders with midnight blue eyes.

He was right beside her, as he looked over the files "You want more Harrier Reapers? That is very odd for you Diana."

Diana looked at him with narrowed eyes as she snapped, "Of course I need more! There're less now than the most recent game we had." her flowing hair that was levitated by her psychic powers was moving no more but twitches "Why would you question it?"

Kazumasa choked a bit on his words before he got some reasonable response "I, well... It's just the Reapers you've chosen alas... surprise me." he pointed at each file gently "Is this what you will not least regret?" Diana looked at him calmly before she sighed, "I do think I will not regret, my Conductor."

Kazumasa nodded gently as he looked over the files "Shall I inform them?"

"Yes," she replied softly as she handed Kazumasa each file with care, the Conductor took them while watching her with concern when she added "Bring them here near the end of tomorrow, I will personally grant them their roles."

The Conductor dipped his head while slipping the files back into the folder they were in, he held it under his arm as the Composer murmured "Take your leave my Conductor, the Reaper's Game is in dire need of them."

"Yes, madam." he breathed as he left the room.

Once he was gone Diana suddenly collapsed out of her chair, she lay on the ground as agony filled her. She made a silent scream as she gasped for air.

...

Joshua was taking deep breaths as he stood there; slowly he was recuperating his energy. Izo and Ayumu waited nearby as he soon joined them.

"Ok, we better go then." said Joshua in a calm voice, he took a final breath before he teased "Or else we'll be running more if we miscarry the mission." Izo rolled his eyes before he noted, "You and Rei share something in common."

Joshua giggled before he asked the dark bluish haired teen "Sure, what is it?"

"You both seem to be very crafty," remarked Izo as he shifted his small glasses as Ayumu was staring blankly into the distance, Ayumu kept looking back to the direction of the Scramble Crossing. Joshua snuck up behind him before he shook him gently "Earth to Ayumu, are you ready to go?"

Ayumu said nothing as he was shook, it was like Joshua wasn't there or he was ignoring him. Soon the youngest turned around to look at him, by now Joshua stopped shaking him when he replied in the same hollow tone "Aye."

This made Joshua sigh with relief before he teased, "You got to stop staring into space Ayumu, I think it's unhealthy for you bro." Ayumu absently stared at him before he replied "Ta for that Josh."

Joshua sighed before Izo called coldly further ahead of them "Are you coming, or are you frozen in place?" Joshua blinked before he told Ayumu "Let's go."

Ayumu gave a nod before they started follow Izo, Izo kept his distance close as they trailed behind.

It did not take long until they reached the 104 Building, Joshua was tired yet again so he requested "Can... we... have... another... break...?" Izo gazed at him with a sigh before he retorted coldly "Do you even exercise? It's still a wonder how you made it this far."

Joshua kept cringing as sweat rolled down his face again "I've never walked this much in my whole life." Joshua hung his head as he gasped, "Ayumu walks more than me." Ayumu looked at him blankly while his Ying-Yang pendant dangled in the wind.

Ayumu's blind eyes peered at him as he spoke "Josh need to walk more. He stays at WildKat Cafe almost all day." Joshua shot him a glare as he retorted, "I don't spend that much time there!"

Izo blinked as he calmly spoke "Oh, that place. I guess it's ok." Izo rubbed the back of his hair as he remarked, "I think there is too much coffee and bean related food there."

Joshua stood up tall as he looked at Izo; he put his hand on his side as he exclaimed, "It's a great place to chill. Sanae likes it when familiar people visit."

Izo gave him a questioning look as he noted when he held his chin "I think that's the Cafe's owner right? He seems ok."

Ayumu looked at him absently, without hesitation he mused, "Sanae is irrational." Izo looked at him confused as he asked "How so?" Joshua widened his eyes 'Oh no. Ayumu don't say anything else. If you do-' Ayumu paused a moment before he replied "This game." Joshua face palmed himself as Izo cocked his head to one side with his whole face screwing up in confusion.

Joshua sighed before he said, "I'm rested enough. We can't waste more time."

Izo gave one final look at Ayumu before he marched ahead of them, when he passed by Joshua he whispered, "Your half brother is bizarre." Joshua cringed a bit in shock; did Izo just say that? Joshua was so stunned, Ayumu had to practically shake him out of his shock.

It took awhile until Joshua came to; he nodded to Ayumu before he made sure he followed him and Izo.

Joshua walked ahead of Ayumu so he could be beside Izo as they continued on, he leaned closer to him as he asked "Izo, tell me why he's 'bizarre'?" Izo snapped his attention to him in a split second; it did not take long until he explained in a cold tone "Are you crazy Joshua? He speaks funny, acts oddly and he never has emotion!"

Joshua let out a hissing noise when he spat "So what if he's doing that. He's my half brother."

Izo shrugged a bit carelessly before he echoed "Half brother... It sounds more like he's a true brother related completely to you. I don't understand him." he folded his arms while Joshua scowled 'Me neither!'

Joshua picked up his pace as he ignored exhaustion while Izo spoke hushed "I know one thing, something's wrong with him." Joshua made another hissing sound before he snapped almost shouting, "You don't think. I don't get why he's acting this way either, happy?"

Quickly he looked behind his shoulder to look at Ayumu, he kept walking without tripping or sending him glares. It was like he did not hear them.

His lavender eyes darkened when he turned back to Izo, "I hate how he's not acting how he usually does. It's like someone completely broke him." Izo shifted his glasses nervously as Joshua added "Plus, I'm worried."

Izo blinked his maroon eyes at him coolly as he noted, "I can tell mate."

Joshua crossed his arms, he never told anyone how he truly felt about anything before. Why he did it? He did not know? Maybe it was because Ayumu couldn't defend himself from Izo's insults.

The dark haired boy beside him sighed before he spoke "I'm not trying to be rude, but..." he paused a bit before he finished coldly "He needs help."

Joshua half closed his eyes as he made a long sigh, Izo was right; Ayumu needed help from whatever was happening to him.

"So zetta slow!" suddenly screamed someone very loudly right in Joshua's face, instantly this made Joshua cringe and halt while his eyes widened in alarm. Right in front of him was a Reaper wearing dark grey hoodie, who was holding a megaphone with a grinning smile.

He had his hood down that revealed he had red violet ash hair that was messy; he wore a red bandana though. On his face he had sort of pale purple tiger stripes on his cheeks while his eyes were golden yellow.

Joshua's ears rang loudly as he gasped, he couldn't hear anything for a while.

When he could finally hear he leapt backwards to avoid the megaphone making the odd Reaper's voice become three times louder, "You're zetta slow! Man, I can't believe the look on your faces." he suddenly started to laugh uncontrollably while it looked like tears were forming around his eyes.

Joshua groaned as he scowled at the Reaper, his ears still hurt as he glanced at him. The Reaper kept on laughing until Ayumu asked, "Who you are?" the Reaper looked at him with confusion for only a moment before he replied into the megaphone "I'm Sho Minamimto!"

Sho looked at them while laughing a bit more before he continued to scream "You're so zetta weird! Heh, but anyways-" he took a deep breath before he screamed "You cannot be larger and equal to my wall until you erase Noise in first digit of pi battles!"

Suddenly he ran away. He was so fast that Joshua couldn't see where he went.

Joshua scowled more as he spoke a bit curious "He's odd." from where he stood he tried to search for Sho. Sadly he couldn't see him anywhere so he spat "And a coward." Joshua narrowed his eyes.

"I agree." Izo nodded as he closed his eyes, for a second he shuddered before he nervously admitted, "He's creepy."

Joshua sighed while closing his eyes 'What did he mean by 'larger and equal to his wall'?' after that he held his chin thoughtfully as he wondered 'I wonder why he had a megaphone?'

Slowly he had his attention slip to Ayumu, for some reason he had his eyes closed and was breathing very shallow. He didn't even move when wind started to hit him, his face looked relaxed. With a sigh Joshua watched Ayumu closely.

"I... know... him..." suddenly muttered Ayumu vaguely, his voice sounded very weak suddenly from how Joshua heard it. Not only that, Joshua was happy for once he said something not odd.

Joshua did not understand what he meant. How could Ayumu know that Reaper? Ayumu couldn't even see the game nor believe there was one in the RG.

Joshua faintly let out a soft sigh when he asked, "You do?" Ayumu opened his eyes and looked at Joshua hollowly. His lips curled inwards as he bit his lower lip.

Suddenly Joshua was pushed forward while dragging down Ayumu in the process, Ayumu hit the ground before he did. The two brothers looked at each other absently when someone was cackling, "This was too sappy to watch."

Izo turned around to look at Rei as she put her hands on her hips; a amused expression came onto Izo's face when he mused "Why am I not surprised Rei?"

"I had to ruin this moment," replied Rei meekly as Joshua slowly got up, "I couldn't help it."

Joshua let out a groan before he snapped, "Where have you been?" he was in a foul mood now thanks to Rei. Soon he calmed himself down before Rei answered in a sly tone "Around,"

She looked a certain way before she mused "But I have to admit, that Sho guy got you good."

Joshua suddenly smirked when he asked, "Is he related to you by any chance?"

"No!" spat Rei in disgust, she made a gagging impression before she added, "Ew! I wouldn't be caught dead being with him. What gave you that insane idea?"

Joshua shrugged still smirking when he made a astute tease "I have things I don't want to share." Rei stomped her foot before she glared at him, but Joshua did not care at all.

Izo made a snicker while Rei yelled at him "What's so funny Izo?"

"Nothing." he replied in a cold attitude while giving her a hollow glare, it seemed his amusement drained out of him fast.

Joshua had his smirk still when he asked "So, 3." Everyone gave him a confused look when he repeated "3. 3 battles is what he meant." Rei narrowed her eyes at him when she growled "Where'd you get 3 from? Make sense." Joshua looked at her amused when he pushed some of his scraggly bangs out of his face.

He instantly ambled away from them as he mused, "First digit of pi is 3. So we must battle Noise in three separate battles. Simple really..." Joshua stopped while looking over his shoulder at them "Am I right?" Izo had the same cold expression as he made a slow nod "I guess so mate."

Rei puffed at one of her loose bangs before stalking over to him, her brown eyes looked almost cat like when she sneered "And you expect us to follow your orders?" she snapped her head to look away from him when she mocked "Um... I don't think so Aleck."

Joshua looked at her with a grin when he shrugged "Suit yourself. Stay idly while me and Ayumu do something for once."

Rei groaned, as she didn't reply.

So Joshua walked back to Ayumu who had a blank look, with a smile Joshua asked, "Ready?"

"Sur' do." he replied in a odd way.

To be continued... Hope you enjoyed the chapter...